Defected Syrian soldiers, now membera of the Free Syrian Army, rest at their mountain outpost in the hills near Idlib on Sunday 18 March. Although heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by Syrian state forces in the area.

Free Syrian Army members look on as heavy fighting erupts on a nearby hillside during an attack by their unit on Friday March 19 in the mountains west of Idlib. Later, the unit said that the attack destroyed a tank and car used by government troops and that one of their soldiers was killed and two were injured. Although heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by syrian state forces in the area.

Defected Syrian soldiers, now members of the Free Syrian Army, rest at their mountain outpost in the hills near the village of Janoudiyeh on Sunday 18 March. Although heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by Syrian state forces in the area.

A defected Syrian soldier, now a member of the Free Syrian Army, prepares to attack syrian government forces near to his hillside outpost in the mountains west of the city of Idlib on March 18. The unit said that the attack destroyed a tank and car used by government troops and that one of their soldiers was killed and two were injured. Althoug heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by syrian state forces in the area.

Free Syrian Army Sergeant Mohammad el Hajj prepares improvised explosive devices at an FSA outpost in the mountains west of the city of Idlib on March 18. The group claimed that the attack destroyed a tank and car used by government troops and said that one of their soldiers was killed and two were injured. Althoug heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by syrian state forces in the area.

A Free Syrian Army soldier carries rocket propelled grenades in the mountains west of Idlib on Tuesday 20 March. Although heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by Syrian state forces in the area.

A member of the Free Syrian Army looks on as heavy fighting erupts on a nearby hillside during an attack by his unit on Monday March 19 in the mountains west of Idlib. Later, the unit said that the attack destroyed a tank and car used by government troops and that one of their soldiers was killed and two were injured. Althoug heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by syrian state forces in the area.

A defected Syrian soldier, now a member of the Free Syrian Army, stands outside a mountain outpost in the hills near near the village of Janoudiyeh on Sunday 18 March. Although heavily outnumbered, small pockets of resistance remain, despite an intensive crackdown by Syrian state forces in the area.